MK Chavez reads from her poetry, followed by an interview and discussion; she is co-founder of Lyrics & Dirges, curates Uptown Fridays, and co-directs the Berkeley Poetry Festival, this event is part of a guest poet series and a free chapbook is available at Berkeley Public Library branches, Claremont Branch Library, 2940 Benvenue Avenue, Berkeley, free, 2:00-3:00 (510/981-6820, www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/events/poetry-circle)

Historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz reads from her new book, Loaded, providing necessary context about the persistence of the national gun crisis, Humboldt State University, The Latinx Center for Academic Excellence, Arcata, 7:00 ( www2.humboldt.edu/aspresents/node/81)

David Koehn celebrates the release of Compendium: Donald Justice's Prosody Syllabus, which he co-edited with Alan Soldofsky; Robert Hass reads from his A Little Book on Form: An Exploration into the Formal Imagination of Poetry, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (www.citylights.com/bookstore/?fa=event&event_id=3116)

Poetry reading by Randall Mann, Proprietary, and Fernando Pérez, A Song of Dismantling: Poems; also discussing the poetic experience as a path to cultural healing, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (www.citylights.com/bookstore/?fa=event&event_id=3116)

Zachary Lazar reads from his new novel Vengeance, with special guests The Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva), Peabody Award-winning independent producers who create stories for NPR and other public media, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (www.citylights.com/bookstore/?fa=event&event_id=3116)

Bruce Holbert discusses his new novel Whiskey, in conversation with Suzanne Lang, a reporter for KQED and the host of "A Novel Idea" on KRCB radio, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (www.citylights.com/bookstore/?fa=event&event_id=3116)